Captain America Co-Creator Joe Simon Dead at 98

Joe Simon, the legendary comic artist who created Captain America with his partner Jack Kirby, died Thursday at the age of 98.

Simon and Kirby created Captain America for Timely Comics (the predecessor of Marvel Comics) in March 1941, a few months before the Pearl Harbor attack and America's entry into World War II. The cover of Captain America #1 famously displayed the hero punching Adolf Hitler in the jaw. Captain America was an instant hit with the first issue selling nearly a million copies. During World War II, Captain America was the one hero who rivaled Superman in popularity with American forces abroad.

Simon and Kirby soon jumped to National Comics, the forerunner of DC Comics, in a pay dispute. At National, the pair worked on Sandman, the Boy Commandoes, and the Newsboy Legion. They also wrote and illustrated Captain Marvel Adventures #1, the first comic devoted to the boy who says "Shazam" to become a hero, for Fawcett Comics.

DC released a statement: "We lost another of the Titans this week. A creative virtuoso, Joe Simon will be best known for co-creating Captain America with legendary artist Jack Kirby but his many contributions to DC Comics, both as a writer and an editor, are legion and will continue to be cherished by longtime fans, this one included. Our sympathies go out to his family, friends and many, many fans."

one of my favorite superheroes and marvel definitley sh*ts on dc espically superman, way to blow your load on one superhero and give him everything... but i digress ty mr simon for making my child/adulthood more imaginitive i loved the comics enjoyed the movie and appreicated it all

"After seen the movie, it becomes to be my favorite super heroe of all times!!!!!"

- Doing my best to ignore your painfully poor English skills, I'm left with this thought: If a mediocre movie is all it took for you to develop such admiration for a superhero, you are one shallow, impressionable, dim, ignorant imbecile.

Or maybe Captain America is just the only superhero you know. That would also explain your comment.